Pete

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 06-10390 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  CR-03-00335-4-

BRANDEN PETE, RCB

Defendant-Appellant.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Robert C. Broomfield, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 24, 2007—San Francisco, California

Filed May 8, 2008

Before: John R. Gibson,* Marsha S. Berzon, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Berzon

*The Honorable John R. Gibson, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation. COUNSEL

Thomas M. Hoidal, The Law Office of Thomas M. Hoidal, P.L.C., Phoenix, Arizona, for the defendant-appellant.

Vincent Q. Kirby, Assistant United States Attorney, Phoenix, Arizona; Daniel G. Knauss, United States Attorney, District of Arizona; John Boyle, Deputy Appellate Chief, District of Arizona; for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

BERZON, Circuit Judge:

Branden Pete was convicted, after a…